Cap



June 21, 1932, E. MacDONALD CAP Filed Aug. 8, 1930 d; mvsm'oa W BY ATTORNEY Patented June 21, 1932 PATENT OFFICE ETTA MACDONALD, OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN CAP Application filed August 8, 1930. Serial No. 473,998.

This invention relates to a cap and to the method of making the same, the general object of the inventionbeing to provide a close fitting cap for covering the head and over which a hat is placed so that the cap protects the hair when the same has been dressed and prevents the. hat from disarranging it.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, referonce will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing the cap in place.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the cap.

Figure 3 is a view of a blank from which the cap is made.

Figure 4 is a view of one of the seals for holding the cap in shape.

The present day style of womens hats come down so far over the head and are so close fitting that it is impossible to put on a hat without disarranging or completely destroying the original design or line of a permanent wave, finger wave or marcel, and it is the object of my invention to provide a cap for protecting the hair while the hat is being worn and to make the cap preferably of waxed or paraffin paper so that it will be of light weight and will not interfere with the wearing of the hat or the placing of the hat on the head and its removal therefrom.

'As shown in the drawing, the cap A is 40 formed of a rectangular sheet 1, preferably of waxed or parafiin paper, with the ends of the sheet pleated or gathered, as shown at 2, so that the sheet will form a cap. The pleated or gathered portions are held in place by the seals 3 having adhesive thereon and which are bent around the edges of the pleated portions, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The cap is placed on the head with the pleated portions at the sides and with the seals adjacent the ears.

WVhen the cap is placed on the head, it will snugly fit the hair and hold the same in place and the cap will smoothly'fit the head and forehead and neck so that the hat can be readily drawn over the head without disarranging the hair. By making the cap of waxed or paraffin paper, it will have but little weight and will be so thin that a hat canbe readily placed over it and the cap will present a smooth surface, allowing the hat to slip on easily. I

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is V A cap for preventing the hair being disarranged by a hat, comprising a substantially rectangular-shaped sheet of pliable but thin parafiin paper having longitudinally directed pleats leading inwardly from the end edges of said sheet to effect a cap crown for snugly fitting a head of a wearer, and pliable disks folded over the pleated portions of said end edges and having adhesive affixing the folds of said disks to the pleats at the inner and outer sides thereof. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ETTA MACDONALD. 

